Ruching



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E. H. GOSEWISOH.

RUGHING.

No. 449,116. Patented Mar. 31,1891. l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST H. GOSE'WISCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RUCHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,116, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed April 16,1890. Serial No. 348,254. (No model.)

- adapted to be used for trimming millinery,

dresses, and other articles of apparel, and for making and trimming fancy articles of various kinds.

The invention consists of certain features of novelty, which are particularlypointed out in the claims hereinafter'.

Of the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a short piece of the improved ruching. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing one way in which the initial loops may be made. Fig. 4. is a diagram showing the relations of the severalinitial loops to each other. Fig. 5 is a section thereof on the line 5 5. Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the relations of the several initial loops to each other after they are folded or doubled upon themselves. Fig. 7 is a section thereof on the line 7 7. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 the thickness of the ribbon is exaggerated for the sake of clearness.

To make the improved ruching, a strip of ribbon or similar material is folded continuously or wound in a spiral fashion into a nu mber of flat initial loops d h c, ttc., which are shown in diagram in Fig. at. In practice the whole ruching is formed by a machine; but the present application relates to the article itself and is not, therefore, concerned with the mechanical contrivance for producing it. These initial loops may be formed by winding the strip of ribbon in a spiral fashion around two pins 1J, situated at the required distance apart, as suggested byFig. 3. They are then transversely folded or doubled upon themselves on a line between their entremi-y ties for the purpose of forming of each of them two separate loops, as shown at A A B B', &c. This provides two rows of loops ex tending side by side, the axes of all the loops of each row being coincident, so that in the completed ruching all of the loops will lie in planes transverse to its longitudinal axis. Fig. 6 is a diagram of these initial loops after they have been folded or doubled on the line G 6, Fig. 5. This line 6 is not at the middle of the initial loops, and consequently the resulting loops'A B G, 4ac., on one side of the fold are not the same size as the loops A B C', dto., on the other side of the fold. The loops thus formed are secured together by stitching passing through the several folds, as indicated at s. It will be understood that if the initial loops are folded at their middle, the resulting loops upon opposite sides ofthe fold will be equal in size.

This ruching is designed to be used for all purposes for which similar material is or can be used. It may be used in strips for trimming articles of apparel or fancy articles, for making fancy articles, and for many other purposes.

It will be seen that the several loops are not all stitched to a-separate binding-strip, as is customary in trimmings of this sort. I am enabled to dispense with these separate binding strips by so arranging the loops that theybreak joints on the line upon which they are to be stitched. Thus, referring to Fig. 5, the under side of loop a overlaps the adjacent edges of its own upper side and the upper side of the next loop b. Similarly the upper side of this loop overlaps the adjaf cent edges of its own under side and the under side of the loop a, and the under side of this loop t overlaps the adjacent edges of its own upper side andthe upper side of the next loop c, and so on.v

The drawings show the ribbon wound with a small space between its adjacent edges, which of course causes similar spaces between the adjacent edges of corresponding parts of the several loops. This space Vmay be increased so long as it is not made as wide as the ribbon itself, for if it were there would 9 be no single line on which the opposite sides or folds of all the loops would break joints, as above described; or, if desired, the ribbon may be wound or folded in such a manner that its adjacent edges will touch or even overlap slightly, thereby leaving nopspace be- ,tween the loops.

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together, the stitched portions of the loops be-` ing arranged to overlap. l

2. The herein-described ruching, consisting of loops of ribbon whose planes are trans verse to the longitudinal axis of the ruehing, arranged in a plurality of rows extending side by side, and stitching` by which said loops are secured together, the stitched portions of said loops being arranged to overlap.

The herein-described ruching, consisting ot' loops of ribbon whose planes are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ruching, and stitching by which said loops are secured together, the opposite sides or folds of the loops being arranged to break joints at their stitched portions.

4. Theherein-described ruching, consisting of loops of ribbon whose planes are trans` verse to the longitudinal axsof the ruching, arranged in a pl uralityof rows extending side by side, and stitching by which said loops are secured together, the loops of one row being arranged to break joints with the loops of the next row at their stitched portions.

The herein-described ruching, consisting of loops of ribbon whose planes are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ruching, the ribbon being in one continuous strip, and stitching by which said loops are secured together, the loops being arranged to overlap at their stitched portions.

6. As a new article of manufacture, the ruching, substantially as herein described, consisting of a strip of ribbon coiled, providing a number of loops having coincident axes, and stitching by which said loops are secured together, the opposite sides or folds ot' the said loops breaking joints on the line ol' the Stitching.

7. Asa new article of manufacture, the rnching, substantially as herein described, consisting of a coiled strip of material folded transversely, providing two rows of loops extending side by side, and stitching by which the rows of loops are sewed together.

S. As a new article of manufacture, the ruchiug, substantially as herein described, consisting of a coiled strip of material folded transversely, providing two rows of loops ex tending side by side, one row of loops breaking joint with the other row ot' loops, and stitching by which the rows of loops are sewed together.

ERNES" II. GOSEWISCII. lVitnesses:

L. M. HOPKINS, R. C. OMoHUNDRo. 

